Michael Jackson’s dad Joe Jackson: No such thing as beating a kid

Joe Jackson doesn’t regret the way he treated Michael Jackson and his siblings as children (Picture: Getty)

Michael Jackson’s dad has defended ‘tearing up’ the late pop king with a belt during his tough childhood.

Joe Jackson said his tyrannical hands on approach delivered the world a superstar.

The 84-year-old said: ‘I’m glad I was tough, because look what I came out with. I came out with some kids that everybody loved all over the world. And they treated everybody right.’

MJ once revealed that his father would sit in a chair ready to whip the Jackson 5 if they made a mistake in rehearsals (Picture: Getty)

‘There’s no such thing as beating a kid. You whip them or punish them over something they did and they will remember that.’

Mr Jackson told CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight: ‘I had to be like that way because during those times, it was hard, and you have a lot of gangs there, you know, in the area where we were living (Gary, Indiana).’

MJ said before his death at 50 in 2009 he and his famous singing siblings ‘were nervous rehearsing because he sat in the chair and he had this belt in his hand, and if you didn’t do it the right way he would tear you up, really get you.’